Acetylcholinesterases - The structural similarities and differences

Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 417-424

  Wiesner, Jiři ^a   Kříz, Zdeněk ^a   Kuca, Kamil ^b,c   Jun, Daniel ^b,c   Koca, Jaroslav ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEFENCE   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DEFENCE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Active site; Alignment; Peripheral anionic site; Protein fold

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 34547795897     PISSN: 14756366     EISSN: 14756374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14756360701421294     Document Type: Article

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